Newspaper headlines: Smiling Priti Patel and a government in 'crisis'

Newspaper headlines: Smiling Priti Patel and a government in ‘crisis’

By BBC NewsStaff

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There is one photo that dominates Thursday’s front pages – the smiling face of the now-departed international development secretary Priti Patel. Her resignation has left the government in “crisis”, says the Daily Mirror. “It’s Priti shambolic,” is the paper’s front page headline.

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“Another day, another crisis” is the front page headline of the Daily Telegraph. It quotes allies of Ms Patel threatening that she is now in a position to do “hard damage” to Prime Minister Theresa May.

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There are “fears the government will collapse” following her resignation, according to the Times. It says EU leaders are preparing for the fall of Mrs May.

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“The PM’s turmoil grows at Patel quits,” agrees the Guardian’s headline. The paper says her resignation, over meetings in Israel, have left Mrs May facing another cabinet reshuffle.

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“Patel quits over Israel furore” is the headline on the i newspaper’s front page. It says a “vulnerable” government has been “weakened further” by the loss of a key Brexit supporter.

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The main story on Metro’s front page is the 28.5% pay rise accepted by train drivers. But the page also carries a big picture of Ms Patel, along with the headline “Priti shambolic”.

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The Daily Express is among the papers that draw attention to Ms Patel’s smiling demeanour in its front page picture, with the headline “It’s not a laughing matter.” However, the papers reverts to health advice for its lead story, reporting that a diet of blueberries, ginger and other superfoods helps to beat arthritis.

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“Exit smiling Priti” is the Daily Mail’s take on its picture of Ms Patel leaving Downing Street. Its lead story, however, reports on claims that the family of former Welsh minister Carl Sargeant – who died just days after he was suspended by the Labour Party over sexual harassment allegations – feel he was let down by the party.

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The Daily Star leads on allegations by model Nicola McLean that, during her appearance on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here several years ago, she was “smacked on the bum” in a “sexually inappropriate” way by a fellow contestant.

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The Financial Times splashes on news that AT&T has been told that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner’s cable news channel, to gain approval for its proposed takeover of the media company.

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And finally, the Sun tells how a syndicate of hospital kitchen workers have shared a £25m jackpot win on the National Lottery. It says the six women have quit their jobs and “haven’t cooked a meal since”.